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Lois is an experienced non profit executive, social worker, and community change agent.  She is currently Managing Partner at KAVA Consultancy, a boutique woman owned firm founded by her sister, Rumbidzai (Rumbi) Mufuka, PhD.  At KAVA, Lois works with nonprofits on operational effectiveness, board governance and leadership transitions. Her work also includes career development coaching and executive search. Prior to KAVA, Lois spent several years as an executive search consultant at two well firms, Storbeck|Diversified Search Group  and CalWest Educators Placement.  As CEO of Bethlehem Haven, a multi service shelter and housing organization for homeless women, Lois moved women from homelessness to housing. Her vast nonprofit experience includes serving at two United Way’s, lifting first time teenage mothers out of poverty, community organizing, and serving as a college counselor at a community college.

As a Zimbabwean immigrant, Lois is most proud of her work as a founding trustee and scholarship coordinator with the Douglas & Jean Mufuka Private Foundation from 2002 to 2019, where she facilitated the enrollment of 17 Zimbabwean students (with Salvation Army affiliations) to attend Lander University in Greenwood, SC. In 2019 the foundation transitioned into an endowed Mufuka Scholarship at Lander University.

Lois speaks about her various identities - most of which she says are often chosen for her - and how she has come to reconcile that what others choose to center may not actually reflect who she is and to whom she belongs. Her story is an African story, with no beginning and no end.

Lois earned a BA in History from Lander University and an MEd in Counseling from Clemson University.  Lois refers to herself as part of the Zimbabwean diaspora living abroad.  She is married to Derek A. Martin of Pittsburgh, PA and they have two adult children. 

On Tuesday, March 5th at 6 PM, indigenous writer, scientist, educator, and MacArthur Fellow Robin Wall Kimmerer will be speaking at Canisius University's Montante Cultural Center (2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208). Fill out this form if you'd like to participate in an informal reading club and/or reserve a seat on the 十大彩票平台 bus to the event.

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